The University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) is a public research university located in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada. It is a smaller university, with a student population of around 4,000 undergraduate and graduate students, and is known for its strong focus on sustainability and the environment. UNBC offers a variety of programs in areas such as natural resources and environmental studies, health sciences, social sciences, business, and engineering. The university is also recognized for its research excellence, particularly in the areas of health, environment, and natural resources, and has a number of research institutes and centers focused on these areas.

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We are a dynamic graduate program offering an MA, an MSc, an MNRES and a PhD. We have 70+ faculty who supervise graduate students in the various degrees with a wide range of interests and expertise. Our graduate students come from across Canada and from around the world. While we are a relatively small graduate program, we have a great deal to offer students. Show less

NRES Graduate Courses
Master's Level Courses:

NRES 700 - Research in Natural Resources and Environmental Studies
NRES 701 - Graduate Colloquia
NRES 703 - Integrated Resource Management
NRES 710 - Modeling and Simulation
NRES 712 - Spatial and Temporal Analyses
NRES 720 - Global Change
NRES 730 - Disturbance Ecology
NRES 731 - Soil Ecology
NRES 732 - Forest Systems and Management
NRES 733 - Plant-Animal Interactions
NRES 735 - Biological Adapatations
NRES 737 - Evolutionary Processes
NRES 751 - Processes in Geomorphology
NRES 760 - Field School in Human Ecology
NRES 770 - Rural and Small Town Geography
NRES 771 - Law and the Gepgraphies of Justice
NRES 772 - Geographical Perspectives on Restructuring
NRES 773 - Advanced Qualitative Research Methodology
NRES 774 - Dimensions of Outdoor Recreation and Nature-Based Tourism
NRES 776 - Advanced Statistical Analyses for the Natural Resource Sciences
NRES 790 - Master of Science (NRES) Thesis
NRES 792 - Master of Natural Resources & Environmental Studies Thesis
NRES 793 - Master of Natural Resouces and Environmental Studies Non- Thesis Project
NRES 794 - Master of Arts (NRES) Thesis
NRES 798 - Special Topics
NRES 799 - Independent Study
PhD Level Courses

NRES 801 - Integrated Environmental Systems I
NRES 802 - Integrated Environmental Systems II
NRES 803 - Integrated Environmental Systems III
NRES 804 - Graduate Seminar
Affiliated NRES Courses
Biology
BIOL 601 - Conservation Biology
BIOL 602 - Fisheries Management
BIOL 603 - Population and Community Ecology
BIOL 604 - Wildlife Ecology
BIOL 605 - Wildlife Management
BIOL 606 - Fish Ecology
BIOL 611 - Insects, Fungi and Society
BIOL 620 - Animal Behaviour
BIOL 623 - Molecular Evolution and Ecology
BIOL 624 - Plant Ecology
BIOL 625 - Applied Genetics and Biotechnology
BIOL 632 - Aquatic Plants
Biochem & Molecular Biology
BCMB 601 - Basic Science of Oncology
BCMB 602 - Macromolecular Structure
BCMB 603 - Advanced Nucleic Acids
BCMB 605 - Topics in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
BCMB 609 - Enzymology
BCMB 701 - Cell Biology Theory and Techniques
BCMB 702 - Chemical Biology Theory and Techniques
BCMB 703 - Molecular Biology Theory and Techniques
BCMB 704 - Graduate Seminar
BCMB 705 - Advanced Topics in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
BCMB 706 - Bioinformatics Tools
BCMB 790 - Special Topics
Environmental Planning
ENPL 605 - Land Use Planning
ENPL 606 - Planning Theory, Process and Implementation
ENPL 609 - First Nations Community and Environmental Planning
ENPL 615 - Advanced Environmental Assessment
ENPL 619 - Ecological Design
Environmental Science & Engineering
ENSC 604 - Waste Management
ENSC 607 - Environmental Modelling
ENSC 608 - Storms
ENSC 612 - Air Pollution
ENSC 618 - Environmental Measurement and Analysis
ENSC 625 - Climate Change and Global Warming
ENSC 635 - Soil Biological Processes and the Environment
ENSC 650 - Environmental and Geophysical Data Analysis
ENSC 651 - Groundwater Hydrology
ENSC 652 - Reclamation & Remediation of Disturbed Environments
ENSC 653 - Environmental Resource Management and Decision Making
ENSC 654 - Snow and Ice
ENSC 660 - Soil Chemical Processes and the Environment
Environmental Studies
ENVS 602 - Environmental and Natural Resources Issues and Ethics
ENVS 631 - Global Environmental Policy: Energy and Climate
Geography
GEOG 601 - Resource Geography
GEOG 602 - Geography of the Circumpolar North
GEOG 603 - Aboriginal Geography
GEOG 605 - Fluvial Geomorphology
GEOG 611 - Quaternary and Surficial Geology
GEOG 613 - Advanced GIS
GEOG 614 - Weathering Processes
GEOG 620 - Geographies of Environmental Justice
GEOG 624 - Social Geography of Northern Communities
GEOG 626 - Geographies of Culture, Rights & Power
GEOG 628 - Advanced Medical Geography
GEOG 632 - Remote Sensing
GEOG 657 - Advanced Remote Sensing
Natural Resources Management
NREM 607 - Natural Resources Planning
NREM 608 - Watershed Management
NREM 613 - Agroforestry
NREM 615 - Forest Soils
NREM 625 - Soil Formation and Classification
Outdoor Recreation and Tourism Management
ORTM 600 - Conservation Area Design and Management
ORTM 603 - International Dimensions of Recreation and Tourism
ORTM 607 - Recreation, Tourism and Communities
ORTM 608 - The Psychology of Recreation and Toursim
ORTM 609 - Critical Approaches to Outdoor Recreation Activities
ORTM 612 - Issues and Trends in Recreation and Tourism
ORTM 614 - Polar Tourism and Recreation
ORTM 633 - Graduate Field School

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